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Tusla failed to respond to teen’s ‘high priority’ case before suicide
- Social Affairs
- January 22, 2021, 04:03
Shortly before noon on March 24th, 2014, Craig Kelly-Gorman was sitting in the livingroom of a family friend’s home in Portlaoise. Craig lived nearby(...)

The Irish Times view on vulnerable children in the pandemic: almost forgotten
- Editorial
- January 18, 2021, 18:50
The pandemic has had an adverse impact on all children. That has been more severe for those with special needs but an almost forgotten group of especi(...)

Adoption ‘is for children, not for people who wish to be parents’
- Parenting
- January 18, 2021, 06:01
The continuing anguish around how thousands of Irish babies were put up for adoption for all the wrong reasons was painfully evident from last week(...)

How do you cope when your family doubles in size overnight?
- Parenting
- December 22, 2020, 06:01
When a Galway couple with two children took four newly bereaved orphans into their home, it was the start of an extraordinary personal story(...)

Suspected child abuse: Tusla delay ‘may have thwarted’ inquiry
- Social Affairs
- December 12, 2020, 01:00
Delays by Tusla reporting cases of suspected child abuse to the Garda in Co Kerry “may have thwarted a criminal investigation” into alleged abuse, an (...)

Funding standoff to see Dublin city emergency hostel for minors close
- Social Affairs
- December 3, 2020, 17:34
An emergency hostel for homeless minors and support housing for young people leaving State care in Dublin city centre are set to close due to a fundin(...)

Four children removed from foster homes in Louth/Meath area over concerns
- Social Affairs
- November 24, 2020, 19:22
Four children placed into foster homes by Tusla, the child and family agency, were later removed from the homes following reports of child protection (...)

St John Ambulance to meet Minister over abuse controversy
- Social Affairs
- November 13, 2020, 15:57
Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman is to meet with St John Ambulance to discuss recent revelations of historical child sexual abuse in the volunta(...)

Huge jump in Tusla referrals of suspected child sex abuse to Garda
- Social Affairs
- November 12, 2020, 02:55
The number of cases of suspected child sexual abuse referred to the Garda by Tusla, the child and family agency, has increased significantly in recent(...)

Some 161 ‘unaddressed’ allegations of child abuse to Tusla uncovered
- Social Affairs
- October 24, 2020, 01:00
Some 161 reports of alleged child abuse were left “unaddressed” in the Co Kerry area by Tusla, including a number of cases where children were at pote(...)